Dialogue and Learning in Mathematics Education

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Dialogue and Learning in Mathematics Education is written by Helle Alrø and published by Springer Science & Business Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1402019270 (ISBN 10) and 9781402019272 (ISBN 13).

Dialogue and Learning in Mathematics Education is concerned with communication in mathematics class-rooms. In a series of empirical studies of project work, we follow students' inquiry cooperation as well as students' obstructions to inquiry cooperation. Both are considered important for a theory of learning mathematics. Special attention is paid to the notions of `dialogue' and `critique'. A central idea is that `dialogue' supports `critical learning of mathematics'. The link between dialogue and critique is developed further by including the notions of `intention' and `reflection'. Thus a theory of learning mathematics is developed which is resonant with critical mathematics education.